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Gloomy Sunday - the notorious 'Hungarian Suicide Song' - was written in 1933. Its melody and original lyrics were the creation of Rezső Seress, a self-taught pianist and composer born in Hungary in 1899.
The crushing hopelessness and bitter despair which characterised the two stanza penned by Seress were superseded by the more mournful, melancholic verses of Hungarian poet László Jávor.
When the song came to public attention it quickly earned its reputation as a 'suicide song'. Reports from Hungary alleged individuals had taken their lives after listening to the haunting melody, or that the lyrics had been left with their last letters.
The lyricists Sam M. Lewis and Desmond Carter each penned an English translatation of the song. It was Lewis's version, first recorded by Hal Kemp and his Orchestra, with Bob Allen on vocals (1936), that was to become the most widely covered.
The popularity of Gloomy Sunday increased greatly through its interpretation by Billie Holiday (1941). In an attempt to alleviate the pessemistic tone a third stanza was added to this version, giving the song a dreamy twist, yet still the suicide reputation remained. Gloomy Sunday was banned from the playlists of major radio broadcasters around the world. The B.B.C. deemed it too depressing for the airwaves.
Despite all such bans, Gloomy Sunday continued to be recorded and sold.
People continued to buy the recordings; some committed suicide.
Rezső Seress jumped to his death from his flat in 1968.
Na youtubu imate 'iljadu nekih verzija ove pesme... Prva se upisala Bili Holiday, a tu su još i Loreena McKenith, Elvis Costelo, neki Koreanci, Ja sam izabrao ove dve , jer mi je Iva Bittova jedan od omiljenih muzičkih likova , a ova druga je ...
Tekst na engleskom :
Sunday is gloomy,
my hours are slumberless
dearest, the shadows
I live with, are numberless
Little white flowers,
will never awaken you,
not where the dark coach,
of sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thought
of ever returning you,
would they be angry
if I thought of joining you?
Gloomy Sunday.....
Gloomy is Sunday,
with shadows I spend it all,
my heart and I
have decided to end it all,
Soon there'll be candles
and prayer that are sad, I know,
let them not weep,
let them know, that I'm glad to go
Death is no dream,,,
for in death I'm caressing you,
with the last breath of my soul,
I'll be blessing you,,,,,,,
Gloomy Sunday
Dreaming, I was only dreaming,
I wake and I find ,you asleep
in the deep of my heart dear,
Dreaming, it was lonely dreaming
I felt my heart melt when I thought that we two were apart
far apart far apart far apart
Darling, I hope
that my dream hasn't haunted you
my heart is telling you,
how much I wanted you,,,,
Gloomy Sunday
Originalan tekst:
szomorú vasárnap
lászló jávor lyrics
Szomorú vasárnap száz fehér virággal
Vártalak kedvesem templomi imával
Álmokat kergető vasárnap délelőtt
Bánatom hintaja nélküled visszajött
Azóta szomorú mindig a vasárnap
Könny csak az italom kenyerem a bánat...
Szomorú vasárnap
Utolsó vasárnap kedvesem gyere el
Pap is lesz, koporsó, ravatal, gyászlepel
Akkor is virág vár, virág és - koporsó
Virágos fák alatt utam az utolsó
Nyitva lesz szemem hogy még egyszer lássalak
Ne félj a szememtől holtan is áldalak...
Utolsó vasárnap
Čika Internet kaže da se razlikuju verzije... Originalna verzija (a i ona je preradjena još u Hungariji) se razlikuje od ove engleske... Medjutim, slabo znam ovaj madjarski, pa ne mogu baš to proveriti...
p.s. evo i neke madjarske verzije iz filma :